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“I despise the way blackness in the English language, symbolizes death and negativity. Because I believe that the absorption of these connotations contributes to self-hate, I avoid them at all cost.”
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

“White women who suffer from mental illness are depicted as idle, spoiled, or just plain hysterical. Black men are demonized and pathologized. Black women with psychological problems are certainly not seen as geniuses; we are generally not labeled ‘hysterical’ or ‘eccentric’ or even ‘pathological’. When a black woman suffers from a mental disorder, the overwhelming opinion is that she is weak. And weakness in black women is intolerable.”
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

Octavia E. Butler
“How in the world can anyone get married and make babies with things the way they are now?”
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“I think sometimes that if only I were well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.
But I find that I get pretty tired when I try.”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper & Other Thirteen Short Stories

“From the beginning, our relationship was formula for disaster. Depressed people often attract unhealthy relationships and inadvertently subject themselves and their already battered self-image, to additional abuse… You feel as if you are worthless so you attach yourself to someone who you think will give your life some meaning, be a safe harbor for your souls. But only you can protect what’s inside.”
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

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